I have recently been accepted into the 2014 Smithsonian Craft Show. This is a show I have applied to for years with no success, and finally the Smithsonian roulette wheel has landed on my number. I am very excited to be a first-time exhibitor at this very prestigious event. It will be held in the [...]

I seem to always be in search of some truly obscure or rare wood. In the case of bog oak, the search is for a material that literally requires thousands of years to produce. There is some quantity of bog wood found in Ireland, where I was first made aware of the material.